I am a political activist who has worked and lived in the West Bank of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This blog chronicles my time in Palestine and also provides news and analysis about Palestine and the situation on the ground in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Thursday, February 16, 2017

PROTEST: MELBOURNE SAYS NO TO NETANYAHU

Dear friends,Israeli Prime Minister and War Criminal will be visiting Australia in
the next week. There are protests being organised in a number of cities,
including Melbourne and Sydney. Here are the details for the Melbourne
rally, which is happening on this coming Sunday (19 February)

in solidarity, Kim

MELBOURNE SAYS NO TO NETANYAHU! 2pm, Sunday 19 FEBRUARY@ STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA

Australian
Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop in early September visited Israel, where
she met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Bishop invited
Netanyahu to officially visit Australia in early 2017 saying that she
wanted to "reaffirm our absolute enduring commitment to the state of
Israel and our friendship" and that she believed that "the Australian
public would warmly embrace you, welcome you". As Prime
Minister, Netanyahu has been responsible for Israel's illegal blockade
of Gaza, as well as Israel's ongoing occupation of the West Bank, East
Jerusalem and Golan Heights. In 2014, Netanyahu ordered Israel's 50 day murderous assault on Gaza, which resulted in the death of more than 2,250 Palestinians,
including almost 1,500 civilians, one third of whom were children,
along with 299 women. In addition, more than 11,230 Palestinians were
injured, including 3,436 children and 3.540 women. Amongst those killed
were 142 Palestinian families, who made up 742 of the fatalities.

During the murderous assault Netanyahu ordered more than 6,000
airstrikes and the firing of more than 50,000 tank and artillery shells
on the imprisoned population of Gaza.

In July 2014, Netanyahu
also confirmed that Israel had no intention of ending its illegal
occupation and oppression of more than 4.5 million Palestinians in the
Occupied Palestinian Territories.

While Julie Bishop and the
Liberals, who supported Israel's assault on Gaza and the US's bloody
wars in the Middle East, continue to carry out human rights abuses
against refugees and asylumseekers and Australia's Indigenous community,
may welcome a fellow war criminal and human right abusers, we are
calling on all people of conscience and supporters of human rights to
give Benjamin Netanyahu the real welcome he deserves when he arrives in
Australia.

Please join us at 2pm @ Sunday 19th February at the
State Library of Victoria in Melbourne to protest the visit of a war
criminal to Australia , as well as the Turnbull and Liberal government's
continued support for Israel's illegal occupation and war crimes
against the Palestinian people.

Please invite friends, family and other supporters and share this event with your networks and on your social media.

Nakba Keys

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I am an activist who, at different times over several years, has lived and worked as a international volunteer in the West Bank of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This blog is an account of my time in Palestine and also carries original news, comment and analysis (as well as reprints) on Palestine. Live from Occupied Palestine campaigns for an end to Israeli apartheid and the brutal illegal occupation of the Palestinian people. You are welcome to reprint any material from this blog authored by Kim, however, please acknowledge the author and the blog website